Joule Thief

[TinselKoala]

@Nick, yes that's right, but isn't the line "ground" wire supposed to be also at Earth ground potential? Mine doesn't seem to be. I wonder if I have a "floating neutral" condition happening. Not good, if so.

@Stefan: Ouch! I wonder if there is a fault in your cable service wiring?

I took the liberty of redrawing the schematic you posted above as LaserSaber v.2. I call it the LS "Ghost Light". Putting it in the "between the rails" form always helps me to understand a circuit's action. Although in this case it didn't help much. 
Please review my drawing and let me know if I've made any mistakes.


ETA: I just now saw GL's schematic..... Great minds think alike !!   

[TinselKoala]

Schematic used in the Gang of Thieves video:

[NickZ]

   Guys:
  Don't get confused from the stray AC line interference...  There's no current to it.
  If you want to charge batteries, like in cell phones, etz... and light some led bulbs for free, you can use the voltage coming from your phone line.  I get 110v from my phone line, even if my phone is not working or disconnected from lack of payment. Even in a power black-out, as the phone company has back-up generators. Just connect a 110 volt wall adapter to the phone line, and charge anything, at whatever the 110volt wall adapter is outputting, like 6 volts, 9 volts, 12 volts, etz...  for FREE, 24/7 365 days a year.
That voltage and current is enough to light many leds, and  possibly directly light some of the lower wattage 110 volt AC led bulbs.  Try that instead... you won't even need an inverter, or oscillator.
You do need a phone line though.    Let us know what you find...

[sohei]

Greetings to all. And permission to join the club.

I made a first test on the CrossOver circuit, the one with the bridge rectifier. But on the test I did no used it.
Here are the specs of the loads I used:
Neon bulb 95VAC Max
38 Led bulb with circuit made for 130VAC
2N3055 and 2N2222
Standard 12-110v transformer
Earth ground: 5 rods around the house

And the data across the neon:
With earth ground 57.7VAC
Without earth ground 50VAC

The load were not used together.

Start at 50mA
10mA with earth ground
20mA without earth ground

Batt: 2x 3.7 Li-ion
Cap: 2200 16v
2 sec without the battery is the running time

The neon gets more brighter and faster without the earth ground
Transformer in low pitch with earth ground and high pitch without.
Link to the video of the test:
http://youtu.be/T3y2voFMT20

Regards,
Max. (Sohei Thoth)

[hoptoad]

   Guys:
  Don't get confused from the stray AC line interference...  There's no current to it.
  If you want to charge batteries, like in cell phones, etz... and light some led bulbs for free, you can use the voltage coming from your phone line.  I get 110v from my phone line, even if my phone is not working or disconnected from lack of payment. Even in a power black-out, as the phone company has back-up generators. Just connect a 110 volt wall adapter to the phone line, and charge anything, at whatever the 110volt wall adapter is outputting, like 6 volts, 9 volts, 12 volts, etz...  for FREE, 24/7 365 days a year.
That voltage and current is enough to light many leds, and  possibly directly light some of the lower wattage 110 volt AC led bulbs.  Try that instead... you won't even need an inverter, or oscillator.
You do need a phone line though.    Let us know what you find...

The problem is, this is not free energy, it's stolen energy!